Apparatus for treating lint.



J. E. GHEESMAN. APPARATUS FOR TREATING LINT' APPLICATION FILED JAN.24,1911}. ggg ggfi Patented Oct. 29, 1912.

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My iEiVfiIlt-ifi'i). relates for treeting lint it has i at so to so; the ti 1.

'oopend v ed coincirie 3* here. y numbered 60 320 and 604.3 I iiseiesed e proc s an eppa'retos for gtreatirg lint in which the lint while Carri Q 13v currents through it lint fine is *4 iii in. its pese ioceted' (hegone'ily in the path 1' r cu rents, eed hence iii the :5 H18 hilt, so the lint will he teiriporeriiy held b the pine projcations and reason of the action of the air thereon ii'hiiehit is so temporarily held. the fibers wiil 'hesepareteii and the "dust, dirt, sane, 'ieefyjtiesh,,ete, removeci therefrom).

I My present" application relates to the same subject matteref icept thet "While inthe e1 pa-ratus chsciosed in application ser iai mm her 60%,"18 the pins or progectlons are held stationary during the operation er the device;' in. the present epplicationineans are provided. for vihratingf the same. so thfit in the operation of the device they successively present themselves at difierent e rigies'tothe i111 currents and path of movementof the int.

oins or )ro'ections and the su orts therer J r in for as W111 presently he polnted out.

Mymvention also consists lnmeny novel details of construction anti combinations-oi parts such as will be presently explained,

and in order that my invention may be side elevation of-e iiiitf flue? constructed in accordance Withiny invention. "Fig, 2 is a Specification of Letters Eetent.

Application. filed January 2%, 911, Serial li'o.

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representet hiower be expiainei. ihe s erms 15 Which'erms ere miepted' to vhe e rocker-is suitzthiyeonneeted by means or My invention also consists in various "structural features in connection with the 'ciprocetion will be imperteri to the roee the longitudinal rods 17f As 2 CGZWG base '11, and x 1'3 18., a wee i te he come shown 13 in W l for this the said blower Lein arrang d to currents roegitiin toe (ii:- row in i- Located 3. lint-fine are e. 14, each being erre ity' of obstructing 1i Weiie of the. iiit that they-may he oeev t means. i-or exempi-e the: may he 'pzov'id upon the exterior thereetwithopemt gages}: by ahutments it? ripen longitude dispoeeei v brating rods ere connecteci with e conneetirig rod 1'9 with e ereni; p mounted upon 2. rotatable disk Q1. "1

21 is mounted upon a horizontal ehei journeled iii upon the top e conduit, he ,saici shaft being provided an operating pulley 23'. in the rotetien' e the shaft-22 and diisk '21 movements of iii-m 18, end. corresponding i'ilipi'fififiifi reciprocation 111 he imparted thereby a plurality of o ienings Q idisposd. ferent distances from the exits of i of the shaft 22, end in any ene of crank pin 21 may he mounted. T

tudinal rods 17 in their reciprocation will impartmovenients .of oscillation to the horizontal shaft 14 and consequently to-the parts carried thereby. The reciprocating elements carried by the shafts 14 comprise an example of my invention shown in Figs. 2v to 5- inelusive, a lattice framework 25, a perforated plate 26 mounted thereon, and a plurality of diagonally disposed fingers or pins 27. These I fingers or pins are preferably 'of increasing length commencing from the point nearest the shaft 18 as shown, and the said pins are arranged substantially all the way across the conduit and for a substantial distance between the top and bottom thereof. These pins or projections are preferably longitudinally tapered, though notnecessarily so. Diagonally disposed guards or deflecting plates 28 are supported by the top and hottom portions of the "conduit in proximity tothe bases of the vibrating elements so that the lint will beguided away from the bases of the elements toward the ends thereof.

Along its lower portion the conduit is provided with a perforated screen 29, the

said screen being preferably corrugated as shown, and a closed chamber 30 is, disposed beneath the said screen, suchchamber being formed between the corrugated screen 29 and the base 11, the said chamber being transversely divided by a plurality of partitions 31 as shown. The side walls 12 may 1 conveniently have removable portions 32 constituting doors (see particularly Fig. 3), by which access may be had to the interior of the chamber 30 at various points along the ,same.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows. Seeded lint being suitably introduced into the conduit'is carried therethrough by means of the air currentsproduced by the fan-or blower 13, or other means used for the purpose. The vibrating elementscomprising the shafts 14, frames 25,, perforated plates 26, and pins 27, will obstructthe path of the lint, particularly by reason of the fact that in the vibration thereof the said vibrating elements will be swung into a position where they are arranged substantially across the lint flue as shown in the lower portion of the lint flue in Fig. 2. When in such position the elements will re ceive the lint, most of which 'will hang upon the pins 27. In the vibration of these elements they will swing down from such a position as is shown in the lower part of the lint flue, to a position corresponding and to cleanse them the dust, dirt, sand, leafy trash, etc., which the lint carries with it. This refuse will fall down uponiy the. screens will pass 'therethrough into...

the .rec chamber 30, the transverse partitio [tending .to prevent the refuse from hei own up again intothe conduit. The scree ill prevent any fibers from fall- 'well -und, rstood, and the corrugations 1n the screen will tend toward afrnbbing action such as willassist the deposit of the refuse hr ig into the chamber 30 as will be into the chamber .30, the passage of the refusebeing further assisted, by the fact that the corrugations cause'perforated' por-f 'illOl'lS of the screen .to be presented atan angle to the air currents.

It'is intended that the vibrating move ment of the elements be a slow one, the

shaft '22 being driven quite'slowly. for this purpose.

It will be noted that the vibrating elementsarearranged successively in opposite dlrect o'ns, that is, the upper and lower vi-' brating elements alternate with each other.

I have also arranged that the upper. sets will vibrate alternately with the lower sets so that when the lower sets are in their most transverse positionjthe upper sets will be in their most diagonal 'position. This is readilyarranged in the construction shownposit'e disposition ofthe operating by-the arms 15, coupled with the fact-that the rocker 18 causes the longitudinalrods 17 to move in opposite directions. By reason of' this alternate operation ofthe elements the lint received by one of the vibrating elements will .be temporarily held thereby and then released at the moment the next successive operating element is in a positionby step movement through'out the conduit such as is very elfective in the treatment of the lint. a

The employment of the perforated plate vibrating element -but also as tending to assist in the separation of thedust, dirt, leafy'trash, etc., from the fibers. I

, In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a modified form of the vibrating'element which consists merely of a plurality of fingers 33 radially disposed with respect, to the shaft i 14. The form of fingers thus shown is disclosed in' the copendingapplication Serial. Number. 604,318 above referred to, but m such application the fingers are relatively stationary in theoperation of the apparatus while in the presentapplication they are connected with the oscillating shaft 14 by which they are vibrated,

WhatI clai n is; 1. In an apparatus for treating lint, the combination with a conduit, and means, for

- readyto 'rec eiveit. This results in a step' -25 isefiicacious not only in permittingthe. a 7 ,air currents to-pass freely through the I 

